Martha Stewart said Monday she plans to write a book about her trial experience to help others facing that process. "I think I'll write a book because I think it could be helpful to other people, just about what lawyer to choose, how to behave, how to attend an interview," Stewart told CNN.

Experts on Thursday sought urgent work on HIV-killing gels that could help protect women who can't rely on condoms, while former South African leader Nelson Mandela told the world not to ignore tuberculosis as it battles AIDS.

France accused the United States on Tuesday of pressuring developing countries to give up their right to make cheap generic HIV drugs in return for free-trade agreements with President Jacques Chirac calling the tactic "tantamount to blackmail."

The International Skating Union has dropped qualifying for two major figure skating events, avoiding the chance that a major contender could be virtually eliminated before the main competition. The move was the first change affected by the new judging system.

It's overcast and windy, and Tiger, even with his microphone cutting in and out, charms the gathered golfers comedian Ray Romano, NFL Hall of Fame running back Marcus Allen and NYPD Blue's Henry Simmons among them. They've come for Tiger Jam, the annual fundraising dinner and concert for the Tiger Woods Foundation. The weekend will help steer the spotlight way from the fact that the 28-year-old phenomenon has been struggling on the golf course.

President Thabo Mbeki was sworn in for a second term Tuesday as South Africa celebrated 10 years of democracy and an end to the brutal apartheid system that denied the most basic of rights to the vast majority of its people.

Until today, SUMO, a 66-pound tribute to fashion and celebrity photographer Helmut Newton, was touted as the largest book ever published. GOAT, as in Greatest Of All Time, Ali's self-bestowed title, is available in two limited editions that come in silk-covered boxes.